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No. 564,659. Patented July 28,1896. Q

i 'UNITED n STATES PATENT OFFICE..

WALTER Simons',v or LONDON, nNe'LAinj.l

'MEANS AND -APPLIANCE CONNECTED wl'rH BooK-covenaac. l

SPECIFICATION forming part Qf Letters Patent No.- 564,659,1dated Jury 2s, 189e.

Application filed November 11, 1895. `Serial No. 568,609. (No model.) Patented in England December 6, 1894,'No. 23,752, and in France July 27, 1895, No. 249,219. l

To all who-m it may concern.-

Be it known that l, VALTER SYMONS, a'subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and a resident of 22 Haringey Park, Hornsey, London, in thecounty of Middlesex, England, have in- `vented certain new and useful improved means and appliances connected with book and like covers to receive numbers or parts of pamphlets, serials, andthe like, andto hold them temporarily or permanently, as desired, (patented in Great Britain, No1' 23,7 52, dated December 6, 1894, and in France,No. 249,219,

dated July 27,- 1895,) of which the following* is a specification.

This invention relates to improved means and appliances connected with'book`and like covers to receive numbers or parts of pampblets, serials, andthe like, and to hold them temporarily or permanently, as desired, the object being to enable the daily, weekly,

' monthly, or quarterly serials t'o-be placed in covers a's they are presented periodicallyand thus be 'kept for reading purposes in book form.

My invention consists of .a book-cover A, with an eXtra-thick back B, preferably of some light Wood, the outside being of the usual de.-

scription, accordingto the kind of binding and embellishment, with the usual identification .of the nature of the serial tov be inserted.

This backing B has for the purposes of my invention a. plate C (or any desired number of such plates, say three, as shown) secured toit transversely withone turned-up end D and one hinged end E, providedwith catch-hooks F F F or their'equivalents, pivoted at G. The ends are also slotted for the reception of blades of steel or other'flexible-material- HH H, the

ends of said blades being also slotted or having holes-for the noses of 'the catch-hooks yF F F to enter -andfx them in position as shown...' -f

1 In conjunction with the foregoing I employ. a loose-fitting bridge or gage-plate J, slotted lengthwise at intervals to go over the flexible 'blades H H H, to. hold vany less number of serials. than is required to-.ll the'cover-A in their respective positions,'but withplenty of play to yield as fresh numbers are placed in back of a serial'case or'a'ixed tothe head of a board for holding trade price-lists and shipping-lists, said lists being fitted in daily and retained for future reference in weekly or monthly collections,

Fig.- 4 is an elevation of a single back plate C with three bent lips D'D' D' from one edge and three hinge-jointed lips E E' E', with the ilexible steel blades H H Il', each' having one turned-back end N for location in the 'slot of .the lips D', the other end being of thel l So form previously described, for attachment to the lip E by a catch-hook F', pivoted at G', this end of Vthe blade H' being slotted only.

To carry my invention into practice I first place the bridge J on the serial L, with the lip K against the back, andl mark the places and pass it' ver and on to the blades -H H H,

whichmay have been secured at one end only `to the' plates by the catch-hooks F F F. I 'then place the bridged in position and ypass the now free ends of blades ll Il H through the other bent or hinged pieces D E, and fasten them with the catch-hooks F F- F in a similar manner to the first-mentioned method.

The side covers are perfectlyfree to 4be opened and closed, and from the ip iexibi'lity of the blades H H H any portion' oi. the serial can be opened for reading pur osealmost flat tached and such as could beaixed to a coveri 8s to be stabbed, and then pierce the serial close and 'without shiftingv the Isec .ions or tending to break the leaves away.

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I have shown three of such appliances; but the plate C may be in a single piece -Withthe requisite number of end pieces projecting from or jointed to it for folding.y

In conjunction with the invention I purpose employing a curved and slotted strip of springy metal, as per dotted lines M M, Fig. 1, to press the serials home against the bridge.

IVhat I claim, anddesire to secure by Let- .In binding appliances for temporarily or permanently holding periodicals, books,

pamphlets and the like in covers, the combination ofV plate C having turned-up xed slotted lip 'D at one end and hinged slotted lip IVit-nesses HENRY GARDNER, RICHARD Com: GARDNER. 

